MHz

Radio band measurement

MHz is the abbreviation for megahertz—a unit of frequency equal to one million cycles per second.

It measures how fast something oscillates or processes: radio frequencies, computer processor speeds, wireless signals.

The old Pentium ran at 100 MHz.

That station broadcasts at 98.7 MHz on the FM dial.

radio

frequency

Rate of recurrence

broadcastTransmitted media signal
transmissionSending of information
signalMessage-conveying cue

antenna · receiver · transmitter · tuning · bandwidth · spectrum · carrier · AM · FM · shortwave

computing

processor

Component that executes instructions

CPUMain computing chip
clockDevice displaying time
speedRate of motion

gigahertz · overclocking · chipset · motherboard · RAM · bus · cache · benchmark · Pentium · turbo

electronics

oscillator

Cyclic signal generator

crystalOrdered-atom solid
quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
circuitClosed electrical pathway

resonance · oscilloscope · capacitor · inductor · filter · amplifier · signal · generator · semiconductor · synthesizer

spectrum

bandwidth

Data transmission capacity

allocationDistribution of shares
interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
regulationOfficial rules governing conduct

FCC · licensed · unlicensed · congestion · channel · UHF · VHF · microwave · WiFi · Bluetooth

Categories

radioFM radio, crystal set, AM radio, radio station, radio broadcast
Telecom Terms3G, 4G, 5G, LTE, GSM
abbreviationsMr, Mrs, Ms, Dr, Jr
frequencyfrequency, Hz, kilohertz, gigahertz, terahertz
radio frequenciesradio wave, radio waves, radio frequency, FM, AM
audio frequenciesHz, kilohertz, frequency band, frequency range, hearing range

Opposites

frequency scale magnitude

MHzHz

Frequency measurement unit

hertz · kilohertz · gigahertz · terahertz

Family

hertz, megahertz, Hertz

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